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SAMER AL-RJOUB
Professor
Finance
Financial Economics
Business School
Department of Banking and Financial Sciences
salrjoub@hu.edu.jo
http://staff.hu.edu.jo/samerj
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Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF NEWORLEANS
The United States of America,2002
Master
YARMOUK UNIVERSITY
Jordan,1997
Bachelor
YARMOUK UNIVERSITY
Jordan,1995
AREAS OF INTEREST • Teaching: Investment, Risk Management, Banking & Financial Institutions, and Derivative Securities. • Research: Investment, Risk Management, Macroeconometric modeling, System Dynamics in Economic and Financial Models, Asset Pricing Models, Simulation-Based Econometric Methods. Training and consultation: portfolio performance appraisal, Risk Management applications, investment , corporate governance.
1. “The Daily Stock Return Patterns in Emerging Stock Markets”, Journal of Economic Corporation, 25, 2004. 2. “The Size Effect Reversal in the U.S. Stock Market”, Applied Financial Economics, 2005. 3. An Investigation of the January Effect in an Emerging Stock Market: The Case of Jordan”, Mouta Journal, Mouta University, 2004. 4. “The Output Effect of Monetary policy in Jordan: Using VAR Model”, Derasat, Jordan University, June 2004. 5. “Stock Returns, Inflation and Real Output in an Emerging Stock Market: The Case of Jordan” , Global Journal of Finance and Economics, December 2004. 6. “Are Stock Returns Mean Reverting? The Case of Jordan (Evidence Using Bootstrap and GLS Randomization Techniques”, Derastat, Jordan University, March 2005. 7. “The Adjustments of Stock Prices to Information about Inflation: Evidence Form MENA Countries”, Applied Economic Letters, 2005. 8. “Pre-Holiday Returns in Jordan”, Derasat, Jordan University, July 2005. 9. “Transaction cost and the small stock puzzle: the impact of outliers in the NYSE, International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies, vol 1, 2004. 10. "Financial Development and Economic Growth: a new Empirical Evidence from the MENA Countries,1989-2001",Applied Econometrics and International Development, 2006 11. “Effect of Oil Price Shocks in the U.S for 1985-2004 Using VAR, Mixed Dynamic and Granger Causality Approaches”, Applied Econometrics and International Development, September, 2005. 12. “Stock Market Returns, Volatility and Volatility Persistence: Evidence from Emerging Markets”, Jordan Journal of Business Administration, vol 2, No 2, 2006. 13. “Price Pressure around the year-end: Evidence from Emerging Markets, European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Studies,vol 1 , 2005. 14. “Oil Price Shock and the Stock Market: Evidence from Amman Stock Market", Jordan Journal of Business Administration, vol 1,No 2 2005. 15. “Types and Changing Composition of Deposits in Jordan’s Banks: 1997-2003,” European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Studies, vol 2, 2005. 16. "Price Limits and Stock Returns Volatility in Jordanian Banks", International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance (IJMEF), Vol. 2, No. 2, 2009. 17. "Monetary Policy Transmission and Output: the Jordan Experiment", Journal of International Business Research (JIBR), forthcoming, 2010. 18. "Does Bank Lending Affect Output? Evidence from an Emerging Market", International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Vol 46, 2010. 19. "Business Cycles, Financial Crises, and Stock Volatility in Jordan Stock Exchange" International Journal of Economic Perspectives (IJEP), Vol.5,No1, 2011. 20. "Beta Wins Again: Case of four Emerging Markets", Journal of economic cooperation and development, Vol 31, 1, 2010. 21. " January Effect during Financial Crises: Evidence from the U.S", European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, Vol 24,2010 22. "Underlying Trends in Employment-Output Equation: The Case of the U.S", European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, Vol 20, 2010. 23. "Dividend Yields Predictability of Stock Returns: Case of Emerging Markets", Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences, Vol 17, Number 2, May 2010. 24. "Business, Monetary and Stock Market Cycles Using Structural Time Series Analysis", International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance (IJMEF), forthcoming 2011. 25. "Before the crises: implication for the US stock market", Int. J. Trade and Global Markets, forthcoming 2011.
EXPERIENCES • Dean, Faculty of Business and Administrative Sciences, The Hashemite University, Zarqa-Jordan, 2008-current. • Research Counselor, the social security investment Unit, Amman, Jordan.2007. Job Description: Analyze and apply data from a variety of sources - Analyze financials of target companies and conduct research of industry and company to draw conclusions based on findings. - Prepare and assist in the preparation of documents / presentations on projects for review within the Investment Group and for the Investment Committees. - Build valuation models to determine preliminary pricing of the proposed transactions including DCF, DDM, IRR, etc - Conduct and coordinate due-diligence activities with internal and external consultants. - Assist in preparing analytics, models and other tools used in the process of screening transactions. - Evaluate and report portfolio performance, verify policy compliance, assist in asset allocation studies and manager searches. • Project Proposals Assessment Expert, The European Training Foundation, Italy, 2006- current. Job Description: - Assessing proposals received in response to the Calls for Proposals published under the Tempus III programme - Monitoring, information, and communication activities. • Jordan Bank Association, 2005-current, Amman, Jordan - Jordanian Dinars' Inter-bank Offered Rates Committee (JODIBOR), Amman, Jordan. • General Manager of Admission and Acceptance Office, 2005-2007, The Hashemite University, Jordan. • Department Head, 2003-2005, The Department of Banking and Finance, The Hashemite University, Jordan. • Associate professor, 08/2007-current, Department of Banking& Finance, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan. • Assistant Professor, 09/2002-2007, Department of Banking& Finance, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan. • Part time lecturer, 2003-curent, Institute of Banking Studies, Central Bank of Jordan, Amman-Jordan. • Part time lecturer, 2003, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) . • Part time lecturer, 2005, Jordan University (JU). • Instructor, 2000 – 2002, (full responsibility) Department of Economics & Finance, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. • Graduate Assistant, 1999 – 2000 (fall), Department of Economics & Finance, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA • Instructor, 1998 – 1999, Department of Economics and Finance, the Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan. - Graduate Assistant, 1995 – 1997, Dept. of Economics, Yarmouk University, Irbid- Jordan.
COURSES TAUGHT: Graduate : Health Care Finance (U.S) Microeconomics (U.S) Risk and Certainty (PhD. Level) Derivative securities Special topics in Economics and Finance Corporate Finance, Money and Capital Markets Risk Management Financial Engineering Undergraduate: Principals of Finance Bank Management, Investment Theory Portfolio Management Derivative Securities Electronic Commerce Financial Management Bank Marketing Applied Statistics Elementary Statistics Econometrics Portfolio Theory Macroeconomics Applications on Risk Management Risk Management and insurance Risk Analysis
PROFICCIANAL AFFILIATIONS • Member of “Financial Management Association “ (FMA), USA. • Member of “Southwestern Society of Economists” (SSE), USA. • Member of “Federation of Business Discipline “(FBD), USA. • Member of “Academy of International Business” (AIB), USA. • Member of “Eastern Financial Association” (EFA), USA. • Member of “Global Finance Conference” (GFC), USA. • Member of "Euro Med Association", Europe.
PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS • SSE, FMA, FBD, EFA, SDWI,ERC,GFC REVIEWER • Journal of Emerging Markets Review • Journal of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade • Journal of Quantitative Finance • Journal of Financial Economic Policy COMPUTER SKILL • Finance Packages: CRSP, COMPUSTAT • Software: E-VIEWS, SPSS, and TSP. • Web Design, HTML, Microsoft FrontPage. DIRECTOR AND ORGANIZER/ CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS • Risk Management Workshop, Director, The Hashemite University, Jordan, Fall 1997 • General Director of an International Conference, Challenges of Globalizing Financial Markets, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan, October, 21, 2009. EXTERNAL COMMETTE MEMBER: 1- Jordan Bank Association, 2005-current, Editorial committee of the Banking Journal, Amman, Jordan. 2- Jordan Bank Association, 2005-current, Jordanian Dinars' Inter-bank Offered Rates Committee (JODIBOR), Amman, Jordan. 3- Ombudsman Office Directing Committee, 2004, Ministry of public development, Amman, Jordan.
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